Racemes lax or dense, up to 10 cm. long in fruit, mostly 6–12-flowered; bracts linear to attenuate-lanceolate, up to 8–11 mm. long, persistent; bracteoles inserted on the pedicel, filiform, up to 6–9 mm. long.

Calyx

Calyx 10–15 mm. long, tomentose with appressed or slightly spreading hairs; lobes usually narrowly attenuate-triangular, 2–3 times as long as the tube.

Corolla

Standard suborbicular, yellow, usually reddish-brown tinged outside, fading orange-red, pubescent at least medially and apically outside; wings longer than the keel; keel semiorbicular, with a short slightly incurved or straight blunt untwisted beak, 11–15(–18) mm. long, with a band of hairs towards the lower margin.

Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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International Legume Database and Information Service
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